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Director, Composer (Music Score), Actor, Featured Music Born: Liverpool, England Biography:Founded in Liverpool during the late '50s by guitarists "John Lennon", "Paul McCartney", and "George Harrison", with drummer "Pete Best" and Stu Sutcliffe on bass, the Beatles were initially a skiffle band, playing a British variation of American folk music. The band -- which went under several names before arriving at the Beatles -- incorporated numerous American rock & roll, rhythm & blues, and pop music influences in their playing and songwriting, most notably the sounds of "Buddy Holly", "Chuck Berry", "Little Richard", and "Arthur Alexander". By the early '60s, they had developed significant popularity in Hamburg, Germany, where dozens of Liverpool bands were booked into local clubs, and this soon translated into success in their hometown, where the band's mixture of solid American rock & roll and careful music articulation made them stand out from the rest of the city's music scene. Sutcliffe... Full Biography
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